Tasmanian technical death metal outfit Psycroptic is now streaming the brand new track “The Throne of Kings” from the band's upcoming album "The Inherited Repression" through Metalsucks.net. Check out the track at this location.

You can now also check out the third “making-of” video for the follow-up to the 2008 release "Ob(Servant)" below.

Head over to the official Psycroptic Facebook page here to check out the new track “Carriers of the Plague.” “The Inherited Repression” will be released in Europe on February 10th via Nuclear Blast Records. More...

Death shredders Origin have announced the dates of their Occupy Europe 2012 Tour. On the roster with them will be Psycroptic and Leng Tch'e, plus a couple more bands will be added TBA. The Tour will start on February 3rd and end March 3rd and will take place on the following dates at these venues:

Psycroptic has posted a behind the scenes look at the making of the band's upcoming fifth studio album "The Inherited Repression." Check out the teaser clip below.

"The Inherited Repression" is due out on February 7th in North America and February 10th, 2012 in Europe via Nuclear Blast Records. You can also listen to the album's opening track at this location.

The track listing for "The Inherited Repression" is as follows:

1. Carriers of the Plague2. Forward to Submission3. Euphorinasia4. The Throne of Kings5. Unmasking the Traitors6. Become the Cult7. From Scribe to Ashes8. Deprivation9. The Sleepers Have Awoken More...

Aussie technical death metal outfit Psycroptic is streaming the new track "Carriers of the Plague" (heard below) from the forthcoming LP "The Inherited Repression," which is scheduled for release on February 7, 2012 (North America) February 10, 2012 (EU) via Nuclear Blast Records.

The track listing for "The Inherited Repression" is as follows:

1. Carriers of the Plague2. Forward to Submission3. Euphorinasia4. The Throne of Kings5. Unmasking the Traitors6. Become the Cult7. From Scribe to Ashes8. Deprivation9. The Sleepers Have Awoken

Aussie technical death metal outfit Psycroptic has revealed the cover art for the band’s fifth studio album, "The Inherited Repression," which will hit stores on February 7th in North America and February 10th in Europe on Nuclear Blast Records.

Commented Psycroptic guitarist, Joe Haley, “The Inherited Repression is far and away my favorite Psycroptic album thus far - all of us in the band think this. It’s the age-old cliché from bands when they talk about their current album as being the best of their career, blah, blah, but I have to say it because it’s true. We wouldn’t think there is a point of going on if we couldn’t outdo each album prior. We are certainly not playing music for anything else than the love of creating it and performing it.

“The Inherited Repression is quite different from anything we have done in terms of song writing and structure, and we spent a lot longer writing and demoing the songs before we recorded it, which you can tell. It’s a very dynamic album - the fast elements faster, the slow elements slower, and a lot of light and dark binding it together. It’s a very catchy album as well - you can tap your foot, bang your head or anything else you want. Basically it has a lot of groove on it from start to finish.”

The artwork can be viewed below, and the track listing is as follows:

1. Carriers of the Plague2. Forward to Submission3. Euphorinasia4. The Throne of Kings5. Unmasking the Traitors6. Become the Cult7. From Scribe to Ashes8. Deprivation9. The Sleepers Have Awoken More...

Aussie technical death metal outfit Psycroptic has announced that its fifth studio album, "The Inherited Repression," will hit stores on February 7th in North America and February 10th in Europe. The upcoming nine-track full-length will mark the band’s second release on Nuclear Blast Records.

Commented Psycroptic guitarist, Joe Haley, “The Inherited Repression is far and away my favorite Psycroptic album thus far - all of us in the band think this. It’s the age-old cliché from bands when they talk about their current album as being the best of their career, blah, blah, but I have to say it because it’s true. We wouldn’t think there is a point of going on if we couldn’t outdo each album prior. We are certainly not playing music for anything else than the love of creating it and performing it.

“The Inherited Repression is quite different from anything we have done in terms of song writing and structure, and we spent a lot longer writing and demoing the songs before we recorded it, which you can tell. It’s a very dynamic album - the fast elements faster, the slow elements slower, and a lot of light and dark binding it together. It’s a very catchy album as well - you can tap your foot, bang your head or anything else you want. Basically it has a lot of groove on it from start to finish.” More...

"Well, 2010 was a pretty busy year for Psycroptic. We released our first-ever DVD in early 2010 and toured Australia with Decapitated to promote the release. We played China and Inner Mongolia; we were the first Western band to play the city of HoHot in Inner Mongolia; crazy stuff! We toured Europe with our close friends Cephalic Carnage and rounded out the year with a U.S. tour with Nile.

"In between all of this we were hard at work writing our new album, which we're happy to say is fully written. It's as yet untitled, but we are throwing a few names around. We start tracking the drums on February 14th at Red Planet Studios, and once completed we will be moving to Joe's [Psycroptic guitarist] studio to complete all the rest of the recording. We'll be taking our time on this one, as we have felt a little rushed in the past... The material is great so we want to ensure the recording matches. We'll post studio progress reports to keep everyone updated.

Jason Peppiatt, vocalist of the technical death metal act Psycroptic, has announced plans to skip the band's forthcoming U.S. tour with Nile. Zdenek Simecek of Godless Truth will replace Peppiatt on the tour.

Jason Peppiatt commented by saying:

"A month or so after we confirmed the U.S. tour, I was greeted with the excellent news that I would be a new father, halfway through the tour no less. Since I could not miss the birth, and I couldn't exactly drive from the U.S. to Tasmania, I talked it through with the rest of the guys and decided to ask Zdenek in to fill for the last tour of the 'Ob(servant)' album for me.

"Zdenek has been a longtime friend of the band and is a super-talented vocalist, so I'm happy to have him in my shoes for this run. I'll be working hard demoing the new material while at home (as well as changing nappy's), and I'll see you all in 2011!"

With the departure of Astriaal's live session bass player Cameron Grant to fulfil his fulltime commitments with Psycroptic, the band has announced that Dan Marsden (Infinitum/ex-Psychrist) has accepted the invitation to join Astriaal on bass duties. Dan has relocated to Brisbane, and will be a permanent addition to the band.

The band states: "We in ASTRIAAL greatly look forward to having Dan join the fold as rehearsals are already sounding intense. Being a longtime friend to all of us and harnessing masterful bass playing abilities, we see the future very foreboding indeed."

On the departure of Cameron, they further commented: "We in ASTRIAAL send a special thanks to Cameron for his commitment and brilliant live performances with us throughout 2010. A great bass player and a top bloke...legend!"

The band also has a new interview with Rave Magazine posted online here.

Psycroptic has been added as the co-headliner alongside Cephalic Carnage, with the headliner position rotating each night, on the "Initiation of the Misled" European tour. The tour will also feature Ion Dissonance, Hour of Penance, and Dyscarnate. The currently announced dates are as follows:

Tasmania’s technical death metallers Psycroptic have announced a series of North American headlining dates in the middle of and following their tour with Nile. Confirmed tour dates for the "Those Whom The Gods Detest Tour II," and the band's headlining shows, are as follows:

Bastardfest, a new Australian metal fest, has been announced this year, organized by Rodney of Metal For The Brain and Alchemist. The Melbourne lineup is complete, and there is one more spot left on the Brisbane lineup, and there is a Perth show on the way but no details of that one have been announced yet.

Tickets for the Melbourne show go on sale July 12th through the venue’s website, and ones for Brisbane are now on sale through globetheatre.oztix.com.au. Get more info on the festival at /,a href="http://www.bastardfest.com/">bastardfest.com.

Australian technical death metallers Psycroptic have announced a series of North American headlining dates. The dates will take place in the middle of and following their tour with death metal legends Nile. Support on the headline tour will come from label mates Keep of Kalessin and Pathology. Confirmed tour dates for the headlining shows are as follows:

Psycroptic is currently hard at work on writing material for the follow up to the band's Nuclear Blast Records debut "Ob(Servant)." The band will be writing the new record right up until their U.S. tour with Egyptian themed metal act Nile, the ancient Roman themed arsenal Ex Deo, Norwegian extreme metallers Keep of Kalessin, and death grinders Pathology.

Psycroptic guitarist Joe Haley commented: “We're half way through the writing process for the new Psycroptic album, and everything is going great. The songs are coming together really naturally - nothing sounds forced, and we're really excited to start recording this one. The material is the strongest and most memorable we have written. I know every band says this but if it wasn’t true there wouldn’t be a point in us recording it! The Demoing process will begin in the next few weeks. We hope to have everything finished up before we head out on the last touring for Ob(Servant). Which brings us to the other news we have - we'll be supporting Nile through the US later this year. We're really happy to be have been extended the invitation to tour with NILE once again - they are an amazing band, and are a pleasure to tour with.”

Egyptian themed death metallers Nile will return to North America with their second tour in support of their new album "Those Whom The Gods Detest." Joining them will be the ancient Roman themed arsenal Ex Deo, Tazmanian tech-death act Psycroptic, Norwegian extreme metallers Keep of Kalessin, and brutal death grinders Pathology. The currently confirmed dates are as follows:

NSW-based grind/death metal band Beyond Terror Beyond Grace will release their latest album, “Our Ashes Built Mountains,” on February 4, 2010. The band has just uploaded two tracks off the album. Check out “Husk” and “Flightless” at the band's MySpace page.

The album features a number of guests including Jasion Peppiatt (Psycroptic), Jarrod Krafcyk (ex The Amenta), Alex Pope (Ruins), Blake Wilson (Gallows for Grace), Anno Vo (Crux) as well as soundscapes by Tim Pope from The Amenta. The album art was by Colin Marks who has worked for Aborted, Strapping Young Lad, Whitechapel etc.

The band commented: “We are beyond happy with the results, and we feel that to say that this CD is an enormous step up musically, in production, lyrically and conceptually from the last album is a bit of an understatement. We have really made an effort to craft a complete album rather than just throwing a bunch of songs together – there are lyrical concepts, samples, ideas and motifs that thematically link throughout the whole CD. We are very much looking forward to getting it out there.”

Fresh after cleaning up at the 2009 Australian Metal Awards, Tasmania’s Psycroptic has posted a teaser for their upcoming DVD release, "Initiation."

Set to be released early 2010, the DVD was recorded live in Melbourne at the conclusion of their Australian tour in December 2008, and also features tour journals and various other live footage from the bands jaunts around the world.